(medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
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Positron emission tomography
using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
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(medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans alo…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.examination of body structures using a fluoroscope
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.(radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.(radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Radiology.
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Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or par…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computerized, radiographic, technique, examine, metabolic.
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